Top 20 drama series on Netflix
Drama genre is intended to be a serious genre mixed with intense sensations. Good drama series can blossom sensations and feelings if you aim to watch them with your partner or alone. Here there are the best drama movies you can watch today in Netflix.1. Friends (1994)
"Friends" narrates the adventures and misfortunes of six young people in new york. They form a united gang of friends who live in Manhattan. Despite the many changes that take place in their lives, their friendship is unwavering.
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama
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2. Black Mirror (2025)
Anthological series created by Charlie Brooker that shows the dark side of technology and how it affects and can alter our life, sometimes with consequences as unpredictable as terrifying.
Genres: Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
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3. Blue Eye Samurai (2023)
A master of the mestizo ancestry sword lives a covert life while looking for revenge in the Japan of the Edo period.
Genres: Animation, Drama, Action/Adventure
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4. Alchemy of Souls (2022)
In Daeho, souls begin inhabiting other bodies, sparking a deadly struggle for power, love and identity. Mu-deok, trapped in a blind woman's body, secretly trains Jang Wook; Seo Yul and Crown Prince Go Won face rivals using soul-transfer magic.
Genres: Romance, Drama, Comedy
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5. 1883 (2021)
In 1883 the Duttons undertake a dangerous westward trek across the Great Plains, facing brutal weather, violence, and uncertainty as they seek a better life and the land that becomes Yellowstone Ranch.
Genre: Drama
6. Scavengers Reign (2023)
A crippled freighter's crew crash-lands on Vesta. Stranded, they must navigate a beautiful but deadly alien ecosystem while searching for missing crewmates, their ship, and a way to escape.
Genres: Drama, Science fiction
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7. Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022)
Woo Young Woo, a 27-year-old lawyer with autism who graduated at the top of his class from a prestigious law school. His high IQ of 164, exceptional memory, and creative thinking skills contribute to his success on the field.
Genres: Drama, Drama, Drama
8. House of Cards (2018)
"House of Cards" follows the ruthless politician Francis Underwood, played by Kevin Spacey, and his quest for power in Washington. He manipulates the media and forms alliances to further his political ambitions. The show is based on a novel and has received critical acclaim.
Genres: Drama, Thriller
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9. Hannibal (2013)
Will Graham, who works at the FBI as a crime analyst, has an innate ability to empathize with psychopaths. But, when he realizes that the mind of the serial killer he is looking for is too complex even for him, he seeks the help of one of the country's leading psychiatrists, Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
Genres: Drama, Horror
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10. Heartstopper (2024)
Charlie and Nick attend the same school, but never meet until the day they sit down together. Soon Charlie is falling for Nick, though she doesn't think he stands a chance.
Genres: Family, Romance, Drama, Family
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11. Vincenzo (2021)
Park Joo-Hyung, now Vincenzo Casano, a lawyer working for the mafia, flees to South Korea and gets involved with lawyer Hong Cha-Young. As they fight for social justice, Vincenzo also falls in love with her.
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Drama
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12. Normal People (2020)
Normal People follows Marianne and Connell, from the same Irish town but different social backgrounds, whose intense, on‑off relationship through school and adulthood explores love, identity and class.
Genres: Romance, Drama
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13. Spartacus (2013)
Spartacus narrates a Thracian warrior betrayed by Rome, enslaved and trained as a gladiator under Batiatus. He rises as a crowd hero, leads a slave rebellion in late Republican Rome, challenging corruption and seeking freedom, reunion with his wife, and vengeance.
Genres: Drama, Action/Adventure
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14. Taboo (2017)
Year 1814. James Keziah Delaney is a man who was given dead after traveling to Africa and spending ten years without news of him. Now, James, who has been in the confines of the earth, where he almost loses his life, returns to London completely changed and with fourteen diamonds stolen in his pocket.
Genres: Mystery, Drama
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15. Maid (2021)
A single mother does domestic work to make ends meet while fighting destitution and bureaucracy.
Genres: Drama, Drama
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16. 1923 (2022)
1923 is a Yellowstone prequel period drama about the Duttons fighting to keep their Montana ranch in the early 20th century amid Prohibition, expansion, drought, pandemics and the Depression; they defend their land and legacy. Renewed for a final second season.
Genre: Drama
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17. Poldark (2019)
After the Revolutionary War, Ross Poldark returns to Cornwall to find his estate ruined and his love promised to his cousin. He reopens the mine, defends tenants, battles elites, and seeks purpose.
Genres: Romance, Drama
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18. Victoria (2019)
Victoria is a historical drama about the young queen's turbulent early reign: becoming monarch at 18, resisting a male-dominated court and political manipulation, and finding love and marriage to Prince Albert.
Genres: Romance, Drama
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19. Skins (2013)
The protagonists are a group of friends between 16 and 18 who live in Bristol. The group is composed by peculiar characters. Each episode focuses on one of these characters.
Genres: Drama, Family
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20. Dept. Q (2025)
After a violent attack leaves DCI Carl Morck scarred, he's shoved to a basement and given Department Q, a cold-case unit. He leads a misfit team to reopen a prosecutor's disappearance, turning a PR stunt into an obsessive hunt for justice.
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Crime